Month: February 2022
Ag News
Ohio ag groups share recommendations for Ohio Expo Center and State Fair
Nine Ohio agricultural groups have released recommendations to modernize the Ohio Expo Center and State Fair. The groups are sharing recommendations to be considered as the Ohio Expo 2050 Task Force develops its long-term vision [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I wanna to go back home”: Maksim Chmerkovskiy shows military vehicles in the streets of Kyiv
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for G’Day USA (NOTE LANGUAGE) Ukranian-born Dancing with the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy posted on Instagram a troubling report about the country, which is now being invaded by Russian forces. Posting from the capital of Kyiv, Maks admitted, “This [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Let’s build the future together”: See Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in trailer to AppleTV+ series ‘WeCrashed’
Apple TV+ Fellow Oscar winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway star and executive-produce AppleTV+’s limited series WeCrashed, a trailer for which just dropped. Based on the hit Wondery podcast WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork, Leto plays Israeli entrepreneur Adam Neumann, who turned the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
They get it: Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire’s real-life “Pointing Spideys” pic goes viral
Sony Pictures (SPOILER ALERT) If you’ve used social media, like ever, you’ve probably seen a popular meme of two cartoon Spider-Men pointing at each other. The meme is such a fan favorite, in fact, that once [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Priyanka Chopra reacts to Rosie O’Donnell apology for awkward encounter
Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images Priyanka Chopra is sharing “some thoughts” on the apology Rosie O’Donnell issued following an awkward encounter with the actress and her husband, Nick Jonas. To refresh, O’Donnell took to TikTok over the weekend to apologize for mistaking the actress as [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: Health not preventing Wendy Williams from returning to her show
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Wendy Williams stepped away from her talk show to concentrate on her emotional well-being, and not for health reasons, a source tells Us Weekly. Williams, 57, “is in a great place,” notes [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden vows consequences as Putin stages full-scale attack on Ukraine
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of warning of “severe” sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine, President Joe Biden was set to deliver remarks from the White House Thursday in what’s unfolding as [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Attorney who aided Trump’s election efforts sues Jan. 6 committee over phone records
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Washington, D.C., lobbyist and attorney who assisted with former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election filed suit this week against the House select committee investigating the Jan. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House overhauling COVID strategy as nation moves out of pandemic crisis
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House has begun a sweeping overhaul of its COVID strategy that will signal the nation is moving past crisis mode and into a more manageable phase [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Markets plummet as world reacts to Russian invasion
Jake Wyman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stock futures are down ahead of Thursday’s opening bell amid ongoing attacks on Ukraine by Russia. As of 8:30 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Majority of abortions in US now done with pills, data shows
ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time, medication abortion now makes up the majority of abortions in the United States, according to data released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 misinformation spreads in yoga community, experts say
Isbjorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Yoga is practiced by tens of millions of people in the United States, but some practitioners are sounding the alarm about what they say is a dangerous spread of anti-science [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine updates: Russian forces enter Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from the United States and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Camilla gives first interview after Queen Elizabeth named her future queen consort
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (LONDON) — Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall, has described it as a “great honor” that Queen Elizabeth requested that she be known as queen consort when her husband, Prince Charles, becomes king. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor reunite after four-year separation
Bruce Glikas/WireImage Finally — a Hollywood breakup story with a happy ending. Nearly four years after Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor announced their separation, the couple is officially giving their marriage another shot. Stiller, 56, told Esquire in an interview [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: NBC renews ‘Blacklist’ for season 10; Tom Brady making a movie, and more
The Blacklist has nabbed an early 10th-season renewal from NBC, star and executive producer James Spader announced during a visit to The Tonight Show on Tuesday. The show’s current ninth season has reached 22 million viewers across linear and digital [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: Jennifer Lawrence welcomes first child with husband Cooke Maroney
James Devaney/GC Images Jennifer Lawrence has reportedly given birth to her first child with husband Cooke Maroney. According to public records obtained by TMZ, the actress gave birth recently in Los Angeles County. The sex and date of birth [Read More…]
Ag News
Traders closely monitoring Russian/Ukraine situation
An ag consultant says this week’s extreme volatility exemplifies the impacts geopolitical and global issues have on commodities. Dan Roque with Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging tells Brownfield supplies are likely to tighten with Russia’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The Vikings are back! How Netflix’s new ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ puts “authenticity” front and center
Courtesy of Netflix Great news for those who fell in love with History Channel’s popular Vikings series. After the series’ six-season run ended, the next chapter arrives Friday with Vikings: Valhalla, which documents the warriors’ historical battle against the King [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Rising interest rates create a new challenge for first-time homebuyers
Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The housing market has been unforgiving to first-time buyers like Kirstin Harris. “You have to be so competitive,” she told ABC News. “By the time we even like a [Read More…]